Where does “skalpeeraus” come from?

skalpeeraus (Finnish) comes from Finnish skalpeerata, from Swedish skalpera, from French scalper, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

skalpeeraus (Finnish): scalping

Definitions

  1. scalping

Ancestry of “skalpeeraus”, step by step

skalpeeraus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish skalpeerata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishskalpeeratato scalp
2Swedishskalperato scalp (remove the scalp)
3Frenchscalperto scalp
4French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
5Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
6Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Old French -ierEvery word from French -erEvery word from Middle French -er